As civic leaders grapple with a new downtown master plan, they’re looking for public feedback about the design of streets, buildings and public spaces.

“One of the things we want to make absolutely sure of is that we really understand the pulse of our community,” said Jim Basey, co-chairman of the Downtown Area Plan steering committee.

“This isn’t a Downtown Area Plan that’s going to be done in a vacuum,” he said. “We want it to be done out in the community. We want all of the feedback and the input because it’s all our community.”

Representatives from the city and county of Denver and the Downtown Denver Partnership will be at the Colorado Convention Center on March 22 to administer what they’re calling a “visual preference survey.”

Open to the public, the survey will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Rooms 505-507.

Participants will be shown photos of the 16th Street Mall, the Cherry Creek bike path, Coors Field and other cities. They will be asked to react to the blend of aesthetics and functionality. Their answers will guide development through 2027.

Meanwhile, the committee on Tuesday launched a website, www.downtowndenverplan.org, that will help it communicate with the public.

“We’ve come to understand that when you do this kind of project, you need a place the public can access when they have questions,” Basey said. “This will allow us to do a better job of communicating.”

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